when i got to college, you know, larry king had, larry king had of course, that great broadcast, thentry. and i remember hearing that. >> jimmy: i never heard of larry king's radio show. >> you never heard -- oh, you didn't? oh, my god, it was huge. and it was kind of before -- i mean, now there's all sorts of shows where you can call in, and they'll take your call and you're on the air. but at the time, it was like an amazing thing. i mean you picked up -- i sound like i'm like 90-years-old telling this story. you would call, and i never thought anybody would actually answer the phone. but i called in one time, listening to his broadcast, and they literally said turn your radio down, you're about to go on the air, and it's a national show. >> jimmy: what did he discuss on those shows? like, what was it about? >> he had guests. it was kind of an odd, you know, mixture of -- i don't know who the hell he was talking to the night i called and got through. but it was just -- i really was just taken with the idea that i was going to be on national radio. >> jimmy: did you have anything to

thank you to book people and c-span, and thank you all for coming to talk about "king larry: the life and ruins of a billionaire genius," which "businessweek" has compared both to an elle more leonard caper and also called a trashy analog to walter ice actson's biography of steve jobs. king larry begins on may 21, 1995, which if you were in the states was about halfway through the o.j. simpson double murder trial. but on saipan it was a very beautiful sunday morning, and a small plane, a vintage cbc plane took off from the airport there with two very important people onboard. one was the speaker of the house of the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, and the other was larry hillblom who was better known as the h in dhl. the plane was going to one of the northernmost islands, and nobody was really quite sure why they thought hillblom was interested in building an eco-resort there. regardless, the plane never returned, and this wasn't a particularly big surprise because hillblom was known to buy really crappy airplanes and not maintain them. in fact, one of the islands they'd

larry king was at that party. he joins us by phone with more on houston's passing. tion to whitney houston, a legend, passing at such an early age. >> it was such a double shot. this great singer, this young age, and having it happen on the day before the grammys. hearing about it a couple hours before i'm aabout to attend the clive davis dinner, which i go to every year. then suddenly, finding myself talking on cnn about a death of someone i had just seen last year at this party. i interviewed her twice in my life. it was just an -- and then the party itself was surreal. it was both somber and festive at the same time. if that's possible, that's what that party was. >> people obviously talking about whitney and sharing stories and the good moments. is that the festive part of it? >> that was the festive. and then the sad part. people looked really down knowing we're standing on the ground floor of a hotel and her remains are on the fourth floor of that hotel. police are down underground preparing to remove her body. the whole time the party was going on, she was ups

. >> i understand we have the great larry king. and i think, that larry you have with you jermaine jackson. can you hear me? >> i hear you fine. >> thanks so much for calling in. what is your reaction to the appallingly tragic death of whitney houston? >> well, it's a real tragedy. are you coming to the party? >> no, i was supposed to be going but i've come into cnn. we're just rolling with the breaking news. what is the mood there like, are you there? >> it's all everyone is talking about, piers. talking about whitney houston and the sadness. it is semi festive and semi -- almost surreal. i've never been at a party like this. you know, her remains are still in this hotel. they haven't removed them yet. the police are here. the crowds are outside. the room is packed. the show is about to start. we understand tony bennett will sing a special tribute to her. it is just really sad, piers. as you said, so often tonight, this is not supposed to happen to people this young. one of the comparisons i make is to judy garland who had ups and

. >> don, i understand we have the great larry king, and i think that larry, you have with you jermaine jackson, is that right? >> i think we're going on now. >> larry, it's piers. can you hear me? >> i hear you fine. >> thanks for calling in. what is your reaction to the appallingly tragic death of whitney houston? >> well, it's a real tragedy, piers. in fact, are you coming to the party? >> no, i was supposed to be going, but i've come into cnn and we're just rolling with the breaking news. what is the mood there like, are you there? >> yeah, that's all everyone is talking about, piers. only talking about whitney houston and the sadness. it's semi festive and semi -- it's almost cerebral. it's surreal. i've never been at a party like this. you know, her remains are still in this hotel and they haven't removed them yet. crowds are outside. the room is packed. the show is about to start. we understand tony bennett is going to sing a special tribute to her. it's just really sad, piers. as you said so often tonight. this is not supposed to happen to people this young. the only other compa

or as larry king put it -- [ as larry king ] "hey, my ficus is back!pplause ] kinda sounds like popeye --" >> steve: [ as popeye ] "hey, my ficus is back!" sounds like dave coulier. >> jimmy: dave coulier did the best popeye. >> steve: he did. he did the best popeye. >> jimmy: [ imitates popeye laugh ] >> steve: [ imitates popeye laugh ] >> jimmy: can you do him? >> steve: "olive, come over here and -- sweet pea." [ as popeye ] "i think i'll go over here and see what sweet pea's doin'." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ took me awhile. getting warmed up. go ahead. ♪ thank you, weatherman, for basically saying, "i'd like to be professionally wrong for a living." [ cheers and applause ] "thank you -- it looks like it's gonna be totally rain -- sunny today and -- enjoy the sun-rain." [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, cliffhangers, for being so -- [ suspenseful music ] so -- ♪ so -- ♪ eh, i'll tell you next week. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ thank you, the dr. seuss character, lorax, for showing us what it would look like if snooki hooked up with wi

[ as larry king ] "tuscaloosa, you're on the air." [ laughter ] >> steve: do you think the suspenders things? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no, i think it's his pants. >> steve: oh, okay. all right, wanted to make sure. >> jimmy: snap, snap, then he goes in for his kiss, man. >> steve: oh, there you go. >> jimmy: pro, hearing marv albert go, "he's on fire." con, hearing marv albert go, "seriously, that human being is on fire. why won't anyone listen to me? call timeout or something." pro, members of the jazz will have to explain to the people of utah why no one made the all-star team. con, they'll also have to explain to people of utah what jazz is. [ laughter ] big jazz scene over in utah. >> steve: yeah, giant. the utah jazz fest. >> jimmy: yeah. lot of jazz comes out of utah. >> steve: very jazzy state. >> jimmy: this weekend central florida plays host to the best basketball players in the world. con, then it's back to playing host to the craziest episodes of "cops." "i can't go anywhere without my beer. and i'm gonna take my shirt off, too, tough. honey, unlock the door. she wo

thanks to larry king. >>> turning now to a story that kind of dominated the news here in washington. it wasn't exactly big news on january 20th when the obama administration turned down a request from the catholic church that catholic colleges, hospitals, and charities -- the washington post put it on page one, but the "new york times" carried the news on page 17. the l.a. times carried a few paragraphs on page 7. the network newscast didn't touch it 25u89 at all, and then silence. about ten days later as catholic leaders and some republicans, a handful of cable news shows began paying a bit more attention. >> roman catholic bishop said the obama administration is telling the church to "to hell with you." >> the obama administration has found itself in a fight it would like to avoid with the catholic church. >> catholic church leaders are outraged by a new rule by the obama administration. we're going to show you what all the uproar is about. >> it wasn't until this week that the controversy really reverb rated across the media landscape. >> i'm going to say, it is a staggering, stag

larry king mentioned a very similar incident with judy garland. many times we find and you guys know i'm not lying, the most talented ones are sometimes the most troubled. i think that genius sometimes because people have such talent and are such geniuses that they are tortured many times and i think that may have been the case with whitney houston. she was so brilliant in her singing. and if you watched her, if you just watched her and you were a fan of talent, people could actually sing, she would mesmerize you. and here's the interesting thing, and i will say this to -- i didn't always agree with the musical choices because sometimes it was too poppy, a lot of people said it was too poppy. i would always say why? this is what made her rich, though, singing those pop songs. that's what garnered her all the money and the acclaim. but sometimes i wanted her and the criticism about whitney is that people wanted her to do songs and music that had more depth, that was richer and that was more deserving of her voice, right. and that was it. if that wa

. >>> larry king and cnn are officially going their separate ways after more than 25 years.hat it and king are ending his specials. king had a long running special on cnn that ended in 2010. >>> brace your taste buds, researchers identified the hottest chili pepper in the world. it is the trinidad ma rug a scorpion. about the size of a golf ball. people who have eaten the super hot pepper compare it to getting a crack-like rush. i don't know what that is. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest from the presidential campaign trail as the candidates focused on michigan. plus, mixed signals from iran and its nuclear program. we'll perspective from steven hadley. actor ryan reynolds from the movie "safe house" stops by studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news." appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. have a great day everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com raise... during his west coast sw >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> president obama making a stop here in san francisc

i was speaking with larry king earlier about adele. anderson cooper is going to interview her for "60 minutes." when she found out she was having problems with her vocal chords, she took a rest and did the surgery. that's hard for any entertainer to do. one wonders if whitney houston had done that and taken the time off to get whatever rest she needs, that the last part of her career could have been different, the last couple of years may have been different. and that's a lesson for young singers coming up, as well. >> adele is a great example and i know her quite well. she's got this, you know, incredible attitude, which is i'm note going to be forced into anything. if i'm not well, i'm not going to do it. i do have choices over my life. the way she's succeeded, she's done it without hype and promotion. it's all word of mouth and she's got the confidence to do that. i think -- and i'm speaking for clive here, clive, when she was working with her three or four years ago, he took his time with her. he never tried to force her to rush so

senator but a rather poor way for the dividend checks to come in just like mitt or see larry klayman larry king he's going to give to newt because larry wants to help newt get going on wife number four somebody's got to keep those numbers up i think larry's on number eight right now isn't it seven or eight so any thoughts suggestions on who should contribute so that again who should contribute which were celebrities are going to come out and give to who well i don't know that anybody would give anything that's just going to see the bill maher put his money where his mouth is it's too often you see a lot of glib liberals shoot their mouth off and not actually getting behind anything so it's good to see them do that i'm all in favor of people what i got with britney spears and i think she probably give it to rick santorum because you know she's really conservative even though we're not sure if you take birth control or not but you know she does the big. crits i don't know i just hope that bill maher ponies up an extra million or two in that extra tax money he wants to pay he can just write the ch

let me larry king see if this. is so this was the late sixty's she's wearing a little short skirt i say this is driven between a combination of nice legs and maybe women's liberation movements that were gaining steam you say this is the bull market explain why. well i was the first one to come up with that idea that's been around since the twenty's but i think social nomic theory explains why there's truth to the idea when the mood has been swinging positively for a number of decades people reach a. feeling of euphoria in essence and they express it in many different ways over valuing stocks is one way that people do it and people dressed with more color a lot more colorful things such as in the mid sixty's they also dress a lot. of women dress with less less clothing let's see in the mid sixty's you had . bikini's where the big thing i mean they were making headlines that was so daring you know and as you say short skirts in the late sixty's they certainly returned in the late ninety's and watch any of the m.t.v.

after 27 years, cnn has severed ties with larry king. it seems like an amicable split. n wished larry good luck with his endeavors. larry says he will focus on other projects. and he has a new show that i think looks pretty great lined up. >> welcome back to larry's animal kingdom. we've been talking about the movie "war horse." and why the horses seem to get all the press. joining us now to give us his take on all of this, is a sloth. first off, why "war horse"? why not "war sloth"? you think there's a double-standard in hollywood when it comes to sloths in tv and film? [ laughter ] sloth? sloth, wake up. slothy? sloth, wake up. [ laughter ] let's take a call. topeka, kansas, hello. okay. well put. nairobi, hello. hey, hey, hey. this is a family program for god's sakes. when we come back, i'll go face-to-face with a giant tortoise. at what age did you become sexually active? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think it's a hit. [ cheers and applause ] he has animal experience. people forget, it used to be seigfried and larry before roy. have any of you been watching "family feud"

larry king also spoke to one of our producers and said that whitney houston was always one of his favorite guests to have on his show. so, as we heard from one of the people inside the party that a lot of the celebrities tonight on the red carpet were being whisked into the event and they were not stopping to talk to reporters. but some of them visibly shaken and as i said earlier, no doubt a lot of people virtually everyone in that party tonight will be talking about the news that we have been reporting on for the last several hours. i want to walk you through what is going on inside the hotel because this party is happening in the lower level but up on the fourth floor where whitney houston was staying and where she was discovered and where first responders tried to resuscitate her but you were unable to do so the investigation is still very much underway. i have gotten a lot of messages on twitter from people saying that she died four hours ago, close to 5:00 local time and that it is not possible that her body is still at the hotel. that is not the case because as you can imagine, they

. >> andrea: i was on larry king live with him and i almost killed myself. >> bob: my favorite movie"the godfather." paramount pictures filed a lawsuit against who wrote the book and movie as well. the executor of the estate of the godfather author i should say. anthony, the kid is being sued. to stop them from doing a sequel, family correaleone. i want to keep it going. what is wrong with them? why don't they want to do it? >> eric: they still sell a lot of dvd box sets of the godfather. one of the best series ever. they want to keep it -- >> greg: you know what i find interesting about the mob is the obsession with the mobsters and why people are criminals are so romanticizeed. in 50 years are we going to see big movies about the bloods and crips? why is that? >> bob: look at who is the guy -- teflon don. that is an interesting story. guy walking around in a bathrobe in the village talking to himself all day. >> greg: that's why sopranos were great. they showed they were realistically hanging out in strip clubs, doing coke. >> dana: do the line you do from the good far in the green

her husband and mother disputed the findings to larry king. >> for the record, my wife had not takenrugs that could harm her that morning. that is for -- i will -- >> no drug overdose? >> please. britney was scared to take -- >> she never had a drug problem? >> there was keith ledger known for "broke back mountain." >> i wish i knew how to quit you. >> why don't you. -- why don't you let me be, huh? >> he died months before "the dark knight." they raved over him as the arch villain, the joker. >> no, no, you, you complete me. >> ledger died from an accidental overdose of painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs. he was only 28. singer amy winehouse's struggles with addiction were well known. ♪ >> but in the end, the singer wasn't done in by drugs in a ruling disputed by her father. the coroner said she died from accident alcohol poisoning. it isn't new. elvis presley, marilyn monroe, just to name a few. they have focused on hollywood's dirty little secret, doctors who make prescription drugs readily available to the stars. despite her history as an addict, doctors overprescribed her pills. >>

the most famous animal celebrity combination of them all, larry king. [ laughing ] and this monkey.ith bill maher. what's your question? the monkey for the hour. i think that pretty much sums it up, whether it's a monkey

larry king called in to say there was only one conversation.ey houston's body was still in the hotel. you have a situation of whitney's body being in the several hilton and this party going on it. must be very, very strange down there. >> it's bizarre because at the service entrance, the paparazzi are gather and there is a detective's vehicle and a coroner's style vehicle surrounded it and they are waiting. there were three different worlds. the party with the glamour and the fans singing and the paparazzi hovering around where they think for all we know the body is tistill there. the police said they can't release the information. >> we covered so many death investigations. when there is a death investigation, the body being here is not all that odd. she was reported around 3:55 and it's 9:30. doing an investigation is going to take a lot of time. that really is not weird. >> it's odd that there is a party going on at the same time and that people are -- we just heard jennifer hudson is performing a tribute at the grammys and you had fascinati

larry king also spoke to one of our producers and said that whitney houston was always one of his favorite guests to have on his show. so, as we heard from one of the people inside the party that a lot of the celebrities tonight on the red carpet were being whisked into the event and they were not stopping to talk to reporters. but some of them visibly shaken and as i said earlier, no doubt a lot of people virtually everyone in that party tonight will be talking about the news that we have been reporting on for the last several hours. i want to walk you through what is going on inside the hotel because this party is happening in the lower level but up on the fourth floor where whitney houston was staying and where she was discovered and where first responders tried to resuscitate her but you were unable to do so the investigation is still very much underway. i have gotten a lot of messages on twitter from people saying that she died four hours ago, close to 5:00 local time and that it is not possible that her body is still at the hotel. that is not the case because as you can imagine, they

he told larry king how he did it. >> no pills, no chemicals, only vitamins and then only vegeta vegetablesegetables, corn bread, and nothing else. >> oh, i'm sorry. i'm pretty sure she said steamed vegetables, yogurt, and corn bread. if you want more, you can pick up a copy of the karl lagerfeld diet. they noted the chapter on exercise said if women want to tone their breast, they should sprijal them with cold water every morning and do special exercises, but if you real a want to change your look, you need surgery. luckily, he doesn't limit himself to other people's weight. take the greek economic crisis, quote, nobody wants greece to disappear, but they have really disgusting habits, italy as well. and i know your dying to know what karl lagerfeld thinks about russia. if i was a woman in russia, i would be a lesbian as the men arry